A Boy's Best Friend

"A Boy's Best Friend"
Short story by Isaac Asimov
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published inBoys' Life
Publication dateMarch 1975
1975 science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov

"A Boy's Best Friend" is a 1975 science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It has been collected in The Complete Robot and first appeared in Boys' Life, March 1975.[1]

Plot summary

Jimmy’s family is settled on the Moon. Since Jimmy was born on the Moon, he is greatly accustomed to life and dangers on the Moon. Robutt, a robot-dog, was Jimmy’s companion. One day his father decided to bring a real dog from the earth. He hoped that a real dog is better than Robutt. However, Jimmy was not happy to get a real dog because he had become greatly attached to Robutt

Quoting Asimov himself, "you may find in it (the story) a distant echo of Robbie". That story, written 35 years before, also involves a relationship between a child and a robot.

References

  1. ^ "A Boy's Best Friend". Good Reads.
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The Complete Robot by Isaac Asimov
  • "A Boy's Best Friend"
  • "Sally"
  • "Someday"
  • "Point of View"
  • "Think!"
  • "True Love"
  • "Robot AL-76 Goes Astray"
  • "Victory Unintentional"
  • "Stranger in Paradise"
  • "Light Verse"
  • "Segregationist"
  • "Robbie"
  • "Let's Get Together"
  • "Mirror Image"
  • "The Tercentenary Incident"
  • "First Law"
  • "Runaround"
  • "Reason"
  • "Catch That Rabbit"
  • "Liar!"
  • "Satisfaction Guaranteed"
  • "Lenny"
  • "Galley Slave"
  • "Little Lost Robot"
  • "Risk"
  • "Escape!"
  • "Evidence"
  • "The Evitable Conflict"
  • "Feminine Intuition"
  • ". . . That Thou Art Mindful of Him"
  • "The Bicentennial Man"


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